The Sun. — London, England, 1810-10-17 00:00:00

OPEX° 1,04 °ll- liece 01 le 01 The OVIL L ` T ()NS , . 'AI NS. ;E:45 1 . 3 ;. -hid ) t, c , „ ,„ the )4c. cult, apd t Afros isre, 41° e for weri % viva' t o cod' Pr' leoBt J to s tiel° ye to 1 0 :fad t h ' j ; : mpt, ) u ke, mess • ;ed, apd • • fi 11104 I C aw ' )raMaiii by tf name as % ;I ''' was ob. Le of . O . whi ch 10t l'e 4 t 011 ,' O n : it cure, . st yle/ L 3 .0, • CI CI .ato . 14 o'll4 he 051 Peri; ispiq e u eq 0;11 :qU . it V 4 N 6) "11,, 11.1 0 0 d unt 30 „ 1.1 ) t he 5 1 411 : 5 rit , r ne, fl)° (1 -1 ) ° .11 co LiS iC trio o",j tip chant' dt, of 06 j 0 raiihn e i,l rioce neck; aud fist cb in • 1 " - a id 'eta s fr ° ia 011# all aid rtillerl 1 1 1, ‘ • fr°— f e Ent . Orj W el l kIAI4. • rlf °' el. 9 1 . t° ,l )eci e of i° SPOI?TiNG ELLIGENCE. /4411VMARKEX SLCOND OCTOBER MEETING.. M r. .., ' TutsbAy,•ocr.-16. 7v . ..vatson's Dinitty, Bg. lib beat i..). of Grafton's . loice, ` s „ t wo. yr old Course, roags. 1.. it...a tot oil titimty. c e i,j• 11 0.wortni$ titvAlid, 7st% t OD. beat Ld Sai..kyilie's lie ,—yr, 9st., DAL togs...-to ti, son Invaltd. - • ' rtt , i. 1 Y roUnds for 2-yr - old colts ...allying t‘st. 41b. and fillies Xi bit. 21b. TWo-yr old Course. !. I „ L I J• "oneywood's b. f. by Sori.crer ' ' ' t b. Jersey' s b . .. Kanotr•in - . - 2 l ut Lraitui.'s b. i , si er to Smuggler .. • 3 .. . . ° O l i agst Sir I. iiotieywoott's b. I-6to 4 on Kangaroo. m i Icrsey's Ammo ~, list, -71 1) . beat ( .eticr-it Guwer's , • O i l'. Est. jib Ab. M. 2 A : no. h. tt.--Even. O A :" lei , ey's Kangaroo, by Young Whisice), out of Poke's yi 116 st htb. beat Mr. 'ff.uridull's Vatriog, Bst. blb. Two -0 ' 4 4 Course, t c o, t s.--4 to 4 on Kung.iruu. ' ot Urartuo's I , ,kc:i 751. beat Mr. I inanli.ii's Fairing, list. 1 lib 1 wo-y r ow 4 Cuaisc, zo g5...7 to on Juke. .1 l 4 , .. -f ro '6 c.,y suic.rer, uu oy bit feter,t ot 11)6 .10 ien's darn, il fat Oty arung o toil's c. (ue.cl) uut of Nitre,: ‘L. ?W. Cdcit. Actoss the I.lat, 2oogs. h. It. F0R.61611 , INTA'LLIG6A'C'E. • , • I' 'lretssußcki, Sear. confiscated cargoe s atthehe .I.'etierde ships are not yet sold. The cours e exch..i i e sii &clines. Yester,oy it was al sl y b aticu the rubel ou Hamburgh, and ino tip %enemies on PAr s' cri 4 Pr. g-A Cotaier from the army on th e other ut ato.ine, has arrived w un I ing, e cOUtit ol a dvcisive victory obtained over the • per4 . l Count Katninsky;who had been tot - urn-- el l 0 1 the march of a considerable i••• 11 1 ")icla was destined to the :succour of ituischuck, P i. "Cceded to inert the enemy ''w• fib a p .ri 01 his ' a rm Y• Arriving Oil the sth of -September a. the. '"_,age fir Batvel,•situateu between the riser Yantra ; 1;k1 ( helLutibe, he resolved to attack the ehehoy' - thoniihg. Tile however, at wally coni- : 4 .l l '" h eekt ohlv on Ole 7th, at to in the i(ifella-n.— deongte greatly' favoultd by ,strong en etielltne. o s, a nd. by the advantages QV wound,: ivere, aft er an ex,reaLly obstinate s.untetit, ooligeo u lgive. Tullis!, corps, which, according to tin -,"letfietits art the prhoners, conskiud 40,000 41 ". was, aft e r t o mg the whole camp ar.ifiety, 1 41 Plelely aunthelaied ur disetried. "Lie gi edict Part ut the Turkish c evalry, which had taken lit 4 itt, was cut d own by • the fi ;sstatis. .•Altchtned, Paella tF three Tails, who aCu led a tut widable fortified P c :sttion, on finding hituscit surrounded, bunt a notic e to t h e Corn flan it in Cole', that he was te a ly to capitul.ar, and aau:lty did surrender, with 1 1 . l the tioops ;114. occ yied• L.lese strong works.— 't Turkish ttstiela is also destioyed ; Otte vessel tak en, but the greeter pint was sunk. two The trophies of :his (14 cohstit of a standard, Getterals' staves, 170 t•tils. The 11. , ssians :fate - ` s° 5000 toimutizrb, arming whom ale a ow,- ' skier:ll)le iii.Lober of officers of tank. whole • 6e id• of battle was catered with the deadhodies of . t he T inks, aillOilg K ltutll wab the C-rnmaidet Se rfjkiet- Kottscaaur Ali. The f;)ll(4ing privat6 accowit- of thelate 36ti0l l!' - ` 1 14)es irutri 411 OiLLet of high rat,k, was eu A :` From the 20th September to the 26th, th e iii ed Army lhod continual skirmishes with the ad `allCvtlt.fthe enemy ; on the 271 n, the e rny rnylint' all their corps conceinraZed, and early thin morning att•4l4.d fire poshinn of the British an o PuriugUese 'he Sit rra at tw, points, 0. , e on t i great road lraeiit g from Delcat;agt.,s - „ filch e h ru " es the Sierra tow .rds Coimbra, and th e oth e r r." ( : ) tit tiro rid es 'o the left or tb .t - road, near:r 'the a 4l7 ' The tr.l point was occupi e d by c "eral Crawl. . - U * 4 c1.5t5.0.., %vita that of Generrl on his iet!, sp, orted his rear by some ";* Portu;;,uvse .An E .;aur and G ,- rma,i Legion ; tine ' ' pott.t Nas Occu, lest by Geperal I tta (111 1 'S divi 44 s wilt) the di% isions Generals L. nth: an d . l - 1.11 ;iis right, and thit of S.r Bien! Spence, 0p...1 t: =o lntnarnsuz hilt left; wittlitwo Porttiguese wt::ch (night' be moved 'to support. ;fly l'Ata it,tue true. The attack, which t otmhenced I".hout thnf :in h••ur alter Ll.4s-light, by the enemy's who dime out's iti, being supported as lert by ..eavy columus, an incess.nt ai cl heavy 'Qat n, , 1 4 1- - ) adtie kept up vie both sides during ihe k that the enemy was advancing io gain posses -1°,4 of the, heights. Gt., .t 1 - .4 Crawford upon our 4 a llowed them to ctnne close up to the 52d light „. 'filry whO ihncedidtet) charged inc.!) with we ' to Yo%t, killed :and took many pri s oners, antong ti; l°l-11 was Gen. Simon. 'lwo heavy entombs of %v e enemy advanced Au .and to the lett of i tsGene.at t l iC1,;11 was posted. A momentary ro • ut es -ton of one of the heights 'N as gained b y one ' . ; 110 ..e columns; rat t'ne 4st n and b§tli 1 1 . 41 P rtuguese brigade,atts.cked therm, and in so ; ;; hr ous atid - spictircl ain that they gave 6y, te r a desperate. bt,t Inetrefnual resistance. O.ir t ; "( Ts' took et ery oppo; tut.ity of . ,brfclgibg them io b e lc b ayonet. The exerfiops of the Portugixse have tb en equdl to those of our troops, and. their conduct ~,,4 uug liout this arduous cav merits every praise,thai s d " be bestowed' upon it. The loss which we have t u u Bt libed is, in comparison to that of the enemy, s '''alt, ours not exceeding, in killed, wounded, kU slug 1200 men. Tile enemy left 2000 led on the field of balle, -their loss, by all ac too , t s, stated from 'bur to Gooo men." 'll l he Synod of Glasgow and Ayr hav e a pp o i n ted v e 2 901 114 of Novembcr next to be observed their bounds as a day of pubic thanksgivit.g, (c r t he present plentiful crop and favourable harv e s t . Q( ecionian Mercury) • futeOßN EXCHANGIi, OCT. r7.—There are several ou til er arrivals of foreign' "Wheat, Wit cons iderable on hand, fine fully maintain's its price, in at 1 10 ! qualities heavy sale ; tiatiey.in Apr ( supply, the , variation ; Malt lisewise; . but few .Whit e a re - " 8e ; Beans of the t w o ki n ds v ; ,ry ;Tut littl e ; t h ere Quernidolitig supplies of Oats, alici tins trade . again 114 tt's but .11. ; ►Flour without al.eration. F es, ii te - s6s a 74s a 9os 'rick Beans - 4is a'sis kyj into 9 " Oats 235 zb:; ai 3os 1, i t - 11 ;Ari I v ate wi - - a . 4 (,)- -Poland ditto -36 s -34 s a 45, l'otatoe ditto - 4is a err - 72. i a iCI,3 Seed . 45t a cal ''ease ini a oit. Hour - a 9c.s e4u s l • . b ' s a s 2,s Seconds See a bis des a 561 a \l\4‘ POLICE. • .• ••: GUILDHALL; OCT. I 6.--Mary Graham, a re speetable looking young woman, was charged by the keeper of Gdispur-street prison, with attenant nt,:. to cotiv...y- await home at sp ris.- into tfe prison. ,He .stated, the defend itit's was con fined in the prison for debt, and the defendant wa,. in the habit of visiting the prison chilli. He had reason to believe that . spirits had.bern conveyed, and he •suspeJeci it was• by means et the' defendant. Last night she came io the prison with a small bundle of calico in her hand, which ne opened ; and found the liquor concealed in it:' It was not his wish'rhat the penalty should be enforced, but. he thought it proper to deiain her. and bring her before the Sitt•ng Magistrate, io Livtet others frnm the tike practice. Was discharged with a suitable A Gentleman high office in one of the Fire:in surance Orfit.es, was chatted by a watchman behind ; tug to tnc of St. Dunstan's, with behaving in it disorderly manner- last night in Fleet-street. The watchman stated, that the defendant, between tile hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, paraded Fleet street,.sayivthat he was an' inlicer, and driving every person before him„ cdlliug out "MOve On— lieep moving ;" but nut appearing like au.otticeri h. Ole w&chitian) look lnui iutoctbiody, The defendant acknowledged that he had add improperly, :ma ph tided as an excuse, • that be had 'been divan ,6 Wilh'a party . of friends, and was rather too much elevated unit wine. The Worthy AldertilALl (C. &tura) directed him to be chschared, • on . cotupensating 'the isydt.climau for his trouble. FORGERY. - - , 'Artother forgery- was discovered yesterday at the Batik ; an old man, ivito resides rn "Ryder -street,. St. - . James's, but whose name at present, , for thesake .-1 fits family, wt. decline mentioning, has long'been in' the habit of alitig at the Bank as a broker, and em ..ployed by e many rersons as such, and having from tittle to time received froan them sums of money to purchase stock for thew, in retuam 'for which he ga“.t tlient receipts, _as it he had 'purchased in their names, but these receipts proved lo be forgeries, and no sr - ock purctiaSed for them. The de,covery was made by the a ,ers its petNowilly de:nation% their di vidends. - The olu ittokrr has absconded: Lltstors'-fisu..— Nathaniel Ewers was again brought il l . yesterday, on various, charges of felony and turgery. More Ilian hbe distinct charges were, MANSION:HOUSE, OCT. i6 , --CiipSIORC, Junes, Aid Scott, th!ce.. _notorious pi .pockets, were ti i iht up by Di inkwntur and Clitheru, two Peace Office's, who apprehended them, srotlst ptow hny about Newgate-street,, as COIIIIIIOII rogues Mid , The dificers who had taken them into custuhy, and several oth,-r. who wereiti Court,, soled that they had known the ,!risoners fora great letigih of tone, as reputed thieves; they hid all teen brohglit up sevetal tum,s teture, for differentpden: es; Citp. stone had been. tried. at tlie.Old Bailey Sessions, Oil a , charge at robr . nag a I , e - egtt se.inian Scott' had been c.Avieted at a former Sessions, and sentenced to tnree months .ini,.rtsorohety ; Jones had Inset beep tried some , t..itne ago, awd accoitted; The pri , tmersbeing called oh for their defence, Clipstone..d.elared. his innocence, and a s ser t e d (though it was 11,.t1y contraditted by the °dicers) ,intrust total ignorance of his. trllo‘r7prisoners. June's,,Nliu was very.tashionably dressed, stale that he . .iYas-by shoenvaker, but he tad not worked at the oustness for some Months; as his aunt, a respeardie lady, rcsiding at Exeter, suppued -him - NV . money snthcent tur all his exPenc, x.— thought it very hard to be thus titought belme Lordship un hiere He was as good a !at:OlM another, and tioho..y bad a better right to walk the streets uninoleste;.,---Scott stated that he ti d been ill lot some time, which . prevented him nom attekAig to his business. It was quite a mis take to charge him with hatt•ing. been ever • before accused of dishonest practices.- When he was taken some tiMe ,igo, it was only on a charge of bailing ; and nobody cook' say Mere was any harm that. "fliey %ere all three cotninitied to take their trial at to Sessions, e ensuing London Sens, as incorrigible rogues aad vagabonds. , At twelve 4;ciock the Lord Mayor left the Man-r sion-House, to preside at a Court of Aldermen at Guildhall, MARLBOROVGH-STREET,'..-.. James Miller was charged with a burglary at a Gentleman's house in Copstone-street, in compan ) with two others. It appeared in evidence Lhat the house was inhabited by two female servants, the family being out of town, Previous to the setting of the watch on Monday ni6ht, a man called and stated, that a quan tity of game was left at an ion for the master of the house, and whilst one of the servants went to see after it, the prisoner and another man entered the house, by means of a false key. Whilst they were packing up some of the valuable part of the furni ture, ttle• other servant heard them, and gave an alarm, and thenthieves fled. On the prisoner biting taken, there were found on him house-breakiag im plements, phosphorus, &c,—He waw fully coin-, witted for trial, but his companion escaped. HATTON•GAIIDEN. —.Yesterday a baker was ch irged with selling and exposing to sale a quantity of bleat! deficient in weight. Some of the quartern loaves wanted tour and five ounces each, Vile case being wade out, he was convicted in the mitigated enalty of its. 6ci. per ounce, and the bread forfeited to the poor. Yesterday a mit& was examined on suspicion of stealing a .bay gelding out of a, field at Stoke New ington, which •he bold at Bishop Stortford on Tnursday last. He was committed for ra-examina t ion. WHITECHAPEL.—Two men, venders of b rooms , were summoned, being charged with hawking the same in a cart for sale, they nut having a hawker's and .pecilaes, license, agreeable to act of Parliament, when they were convicted in the penalty of 61. each and.cusis, A duel was fought, ycstqdziy Putney Eh, between ta o taseatieluqn of the names 01 PUYNDER anti SMITH, w which the latter, who i a Lieutenant, was dangerously wounded in the side: HOPPA Eli. As we shailL always .he ready to pay hotr riqe to the memory ~ f,this,excrilen t ar ii st ; xe avail our-. selves of the following triJute to his genius anti charmer, to hill! we have, e.xiniciertfrom a new cat The Bu viart and . 111ctivi , ,d, WILLIAM GIFFORD, Eq. The' iticevtad was 'ad dresseSd-tb Mr. HOFPNER during his lite, ana the subjoined interesting article appears it, the loin) of: a Note, in the. new Edition of that aniruate..i Poem: 'Since this Edition Was prepared for the the country. has beard deprived of this disiingcuslied,and , enlightened artist, whose hard destiny it - War. tv straggle with many difficulties through the inlet:lite diaie stages 'of an arduous .prolession; and to be snatched from the world at the moment whetchis greatness was. a ripening,' and .the full 'reward of his labours and his-genius securely s ii!nn his grasp. His a ! t, ,by bid untimely fate, has sustained a loss which will not easily be repaired for lie was, in respects; a very eminent man, and, while ,he mosoigorously supported by his. precept, as well as by the example of his own: productions; those •genuine principies 'of tiste and nattite which ,the genius. of Reynolds. fir st. implanted among us, But though Mr. floppner. well knew to appr,cite - that: extraordinary person; - and ' eliterlaitied the itighesb veneration tor his profeasiunal powers, he, , w as very! ter from his copyist—occasionally, indt•ed, he rate! his manner, and formed his pici . ure4o6 sittatrar principles, bit 'what 'he thus Lorrowed he made - ti-s ! own with such playful , ingenuity, and allortiod'and. concealed his so many whining and, original graces, that. his p trZlon was sealed ere his sentence be e pronount ed. .The, prevailing fa shion of• the tithes, together with h. s owri narrow c.iicu mstanpesrlynece:ssarily directed his, attention alino-t exclusively to the stukty of por trot pAini4ig a different situation, ti.c natural bent of-his . genius, no less than his- iuctitrition3, would prob.thiy have led Ititu .to landsr ,,, a., and the. rural anyl i tamiliar walks of lite; for when he ex ercised his ta;ents Upon stoljects'bi this nature, he di l it with so mieli e.ise and pl;tsure to hinusc;f, and was always so eminenily succ sstul, .that-it for-, niches matter tor regret, attar' the severe andliarass ing dw ies of his principal occupation did hot allow :tin] akor , e frequent _opportunities .4 _ihdo4;ing. ins tancy in the pursuit of objects , so co, genial with. his feelings' and (Hs : position. 01 Lis exy,- lands , .'abe, the bark grounds, which he occasionally' inttoduvediu his portraitS, will alone ati - Oid suffi cient evidence, without con-idering the -beautiful. sketel - .es in co lk, with which lie was accustoined to amust his Lisure hours. T..ese are..e.xecuted with a and felicity peculiar to- himself, and discover a knowledge 'and cottiorehAisi,,,) of scape which would doo - TiOn .ur to a c;attisbolough; • Indeed, in several reiprds, then' appear to have peen tuony points of siiniiatity het . ..Veen theseextra, ordinary wen, not only in particular parts of glen art, lint also in their' convers'ation,.ii4oSition,;alta cha Jcter. Inp , rttait t ,howev er , Mr. Uop,pner was de cidedly in f erior, and so far outstripped Ganisho rough in tins department of aft, that..it wroart be the hi4hest i justice to attempt a comparison of their powers The distinguishing:. : charadiefistic of Mr. klopyner's style . . is at easy :Jnd.unarfe6ted ekgarkse, - which reigns throughout all his works : his naturally refined taste appeared to have given him almnsi tnitively an aversion fiord every thins which hot.- der , d on atfectation and tulgarity ; 'and enabled hall • to stamp an air of. geutiwy and fashion on the most.itiveterate awkwardness and defoimity. :Few, men ever.sacriticed to the Grace more liberally, or: with greater success; :at his transfer - ming touch, Wish ess and asperity dimpled into age lost its furrows and its pallid hues,, and swelled• on the sight in all the splendour - or youtttiil exuberance. This power of impioviug what ..was placed before .Without anoihilatitig , restmilkoace,' obtained Min a decided pre,,etence: to all th e art i sts o f his d ay, among the fairer . part . of 'fashion:4We society, with whom, it is probab:e, Sir • Joshuit - hinisell was fuser so great a favUtirite. Reynolds was too apt to - Le guilty of the sits 'of :0' lid N ivv,, an now and then would inai.riously exaggerate any, little detect, if he could thereby increase the -,,strength ,of the character which he was depict ing. :Mk. Hopper .pnrs.ued .a -different. plan; he painted, his beauties nut always exactly ass they appeared , but a. they wished' toappear` 3 : ancl:to those • whose .charms...were .` falling, into the sear, the yellow leaf,' ins -pictures were the most agreeable, and•consequittly ;the latest of all mir rors. The.sattie AttalhatS whieh rendered - him so highly succe:,stul in his portraits of women; did not, perhaps;adOrd him equal advantages in. t hose of the• other sex; in which strength . .and character ought to takei the lead of alcnest every at hereousiderai ion : his portraits - of men• were gen erally, if' the expres 6ton he allowable, too civilized and. genteel io.be• very striking and forcible; and in his constant wish , to represent the gentleman, tae sometimes tailed t.o delineate the man; To.this observation, however, it must be acknowledged, that many of his best woiks form very splendid exceptionS, and those who have viewed and attentively examined his ad mirable portraits of the Archbishop' ot York, LOrd Spencer, Dr. Tiicatin, Mi. Pitt, &c. may rather feel inclined to'regret that the prevailing fashion of the day should, in this instance, have produeed•a . tnisapplica' ion of his powers, than to lament their. natural deficiency. . .". in. his portraits: of children, he. was peculiarly fortunate ; he entered completely into the intantine character, and arranged hiS competitions of this species with that unaffetted ease and playful grace which so pleasingly mark the early periods of hu loan lire. One great, charm of his pktures, arises "from the air of negligence and facility which per vades them ; their produtlion appears to have cost no effort, and the careless boldness of his handling, equally rernOviAd from insipidity af,cl handicraft, stamps the hand 'of a master upi the most trifling of his performances. His colouring is natural, chaSte, and pOwerful ; and his tones, for the most part,.mellow and deep; the tel4ure -of his flesh is uniformly excellent, and his pencilling rich and full ; ht, carnationi transparent, fresh, and di!.:nhet, yet so artfully and judiciously broken, that it requires .• an experienced eye to detect the delicate process by which ,ihqelfe.;el is accomplish e d. : , : I n t h e tie h of his hcst telnale portraits; in narticular,'.there is an union of airiness with substanct!, of:tustre wish re fined holiness, ,A m b has rarejy . • been ~i ttpassed, e - ceikt.oy that great•original Hand, which in the fir- ;nation oaf its. " dart best work'," rendered chance of rivalsinph.,!Aess.: • I e !ping quality' of print - p seld . o,?n ,allowed Mr, Hoppner I , .turn his •tteAtioit fir : ically t. 0.,e more elevated dep.sr, , ent% of Art y ! -:t fie ,hait a,siticere respect_ for the ncio.e productions ~t the Italian scnools ; and the rite rof these pages ren4e . tri6crS- with pleastit'o, the en;husiastie de, light which ,he evtirced, upon first entering the Gotivre, ag i rlylo-Awing the wonders of that magniA cerit collection. Taste, in the ars and eleganciet lite, Veposse. , sed to a very unconnoun dekree. It fu'rrited the,disti.iguishing feature of,his character, and shone alike co.ispicuously, whether hi. talents .were exe d rcis •upon music or painting,4ll Writing or. conversati .n. His colloquial, have :1 ,, t otien been excelled ; for, in his happiest moments, there was anovelty. or thought, a playful brilliancy, and a" boundless fectility,of invention, which offixect tv.) all lie uttered tin stamp of origi nality and 'genius, and delighted' every ,hearer.-- Sometimes,. indeed, he, indulged. in a seberity Ot sarcasm, ‘t , Inch, to such as are unaccus!omed to make rClowanceS for the quick perceptions and irri table feelings of 4;cl - tins, api:eared to partake some_ whet too touch or bitterness and asperity : possi ply, when engages itt tn..ted society, this no tion tniglit not Uc ,altogether void of foundation.; but they who mere ace istomed to enjoy his com pany under , diff.rent eircumi!ances,' :amid the tran quil scenes of rural retirement, when his mind was free from the„litti, cares and fretting incidents of the world,, and. his character and feelings were allowed their lull scope, will ever remember, with a SP:nsa,. tion of mingled sorrow' anti delight,- the fang, the entliusiasni, - and the Sentimenial,ten(kritess, which, On St*i brraaloti t ilroughotit his discourse. His education had been negketed Stit), hoWever, Was the erkrgy arid activity . of iiiS mind, that tttiiy original defect was to' the few who were iu habits ; the e.loset, imitriacy with him. He read touch, and with discrimination.and judgment : the 13.• st English authors were fAiiiiiiarAo hi n ; a nd bete was 'Scarcely. a topic of - conversation into which _he could not enter With vivaniage, or a subject, however remote from his ordinary•pursoits, which his taste could not embellish, and nis 'knowledge '• I ' He died on the. 43d of Janu2ry-, 1810, of a lingerin.and doubtful disease, - at tilt agC of hity one yars. the e4i.ly.Trngress of his r.tQraplaiitt, he did not appear to entrrUitn the slightest ,4.4 qt of its fatal ; ¶7trt a few wombs to his death,, it is frOcil the following .if letting incident, that he was fully sen*it)le of Li; .appr , ' aching dissolution. Towi-ircil tile close of Au tumn, as he Nt.,i:king, on the sunny side of Sr. J,inie.'s•square,.whi c h, from its warm and sheltered situation he .was in the habit ot 1 - equeni l ing, he, ;v g ; met by a near re l at i on of the wilier, who, alter accompanying him for a short distance., prepared to quit him.' I's-I.o—don't go yet,' ' , aid he, ` . my fellow-sl a y fellowslay and take another turn ot two with me.—l like 'to walk in the decline of the last sum lutes sun, %thief). ! . shall ever live'te enjoy.'" t ' - EXE CUTtON. — ••WtlineStiarigAt *illiClM Smith-and John Clarke, tne two men eonvi6ted of a robbery in the shop of Mr. 'Fletcher, watch-maker, &c. in Chester,. were executed, pursuant to their sentence, on . the 'New Pr )p, at ihe back of the city gaol. .Lbout a quarter before one, Sn:itli mounted the -platform in i firm ILA steady inaener, followed by Clarke, N'C'ho appeared much emaciated and very weak. The orrhippy men baying intimated a wish - for silence, Smith addressed the aiiimeose crowd to the follow ‘ ing purport : lie said they beheld two uti -TOrtunate tnt:n, who were brought out to die, an , l '., in a few minutes nuts suffer the death ordained by ""the law. He inad4'S‘iiiie observations on what he cuncetv.ed to be,improper conduct in his prosecutor, and.cleclared-s•4einely to his God, that he had never been in his shop . aed cheapened a vt atch; as he had '. stated in les evidenc e; .aotl that the ma i n wh o dr o ve tint cart down Folegate.street, and who said on the trial that he had seen him (smitli) there, had for sworn .him Self. He, then drew from a side pocket the petition which was sent to the Mayor and Cor pOratien in their behalf, and requested Mr. Hu l l es, the gaoler, to throw...it.amongst the crowd, that,its contents might be mace as public as - possible; corn-, ilained much of some malicious person who' had written an anoeyrnotis•letter,.threatening the:Mayor and others, whieti he totally disclaimed all knew ledge of, and which could only have been done to prevent their receving arty. mercy, had it been in tettel/A1 to extetid mercy to them ; declared be tor give Air. Fletcher, and all ctinc.erited . in the Prose . t. iii ion, from his beartond died - in peace with alt 'man kind, in hoe es of receiving that mercy in another ' wudd which he had never. hoped for here ; and de , . sired the prayers of the spectators. Parke, in his address,.also solemnly denied, as he was Shortly to appear'in the 'presence' of God, being in Co '.lane on the night of the robbery ; saki he had not been in the,prosecolor's shop for the space of twelve years before the robbery ; and bad nut had a piece of watch-glass in his pocket for several months before .be left' Lindon.. He : then 'went on nearly to the same effect as his fellow sufferer had done, 'and do sired the people to believe him, .as his dying woldl, that Martin was not the man who robbed Taylor, and for which he is sentenced to seven years of mi sery and punishment for a crime of which be was totally innocent. In this declaration &Irish repeat edly joined saying, believe him ! believe him !--- and hoped it would be a c a u ti on to j uries in future, who might sit upon a trial of a similar nature to theirs. They then both called upon God to hies; all around them, and bade the world farewell. After speaking, they retired, till about twenty aew, i-,.., lore two, when they were tied up, and the curtains around the drop were withdrawn : afterspending a few minutes in prayer, Smith gave the fatal signal, and the platfortu dropped.. They both died very penitent, and with manly fortimde. Their behaviour stuee their condemnation Was eAemplary.,